Re-Learning A New Lifestyle

Starting Weight: 262.4
Last Week's Weigh-In: 249.4 (-1.8)
Today's Weigh-In: 246.6 (-2.8)
Total Weight Lost Since April 20: -15.8

Lesli and I treat ourselves to 1 cheat-day per week. We eat very lightly during the day and then we go to a favorite restaurant in the evening. This gives us something to look forward to at the end of the week and it helps curb the temptation to go eat fast food during the week too. In doing this, I'm re-learning something very basic - dining out should be reserved for special occasions; not as a way of life. As an actor, my schedule is never static. In the past, I would grab whatever was convenient depending where I am. Usually, it's fast food. Keep up that lifestyle for 20+ years and TA-DA! You're fat.

When I eat out only once a week, it's fun again. And I don't really miss it during the week as long as I have that to look forward to by the weekend. And guess what! When you don't eat out as much, you save money! BONUS!!!

Last night, we saw a documentary on TLC called "Half-Ton Teen." An 18-year-old boy weighing in at over 800 lbs. His mother waited on him hand and foot (literally - because she was constantly rubbing lotion on his feet. Ewww.) He couldn't lay flat as it gave him respiratory problems so he slept sitting in a very large easy chair. This woman had lost another son in its infancy and it broke her heart. So she wanted Billy to have everything he would ever want. It's obvious she hadn't dealt with the death of her first son and now this 18-year-old boy (who had been overweight since elementary school) was - literally - bearing the burden for his mother's loss. And even though he went to a bariatric hospital to help fix the problem, his mother was constantly there to "take care of him." Thus, hampering her son's progress. It made me want to scream. At the same time, however, it made me eternally grateful that a.) I had a relatively sane mother and b.) I don't need a team of paramedics cutting a hole in the wall to get me out of the house.

That's all for today.

Oh yeah, we got another kitten this week.